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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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